Nirendra M. Misra, PhD (Applied Chemistry)

Pleasanton, California, USA

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SUMMARY:

Served as Academic Administrator, Instructor, Researcher, Analyst, Consultant. Provided leadership for revisions and development of curriculum, proposed and lead new academic programs. Spearheaded overhaul of course structure of numerous departments to bring uniformity across the programs. Worked and achieved significant revenue growth at two Universities. Had a brief stint of four years as Chemist in oil well drilling company. Seeking opportunity as Materials Scientist/Analyst/Chemistry faculty. KEY SKILLS:

Academic leadership Educational consultant Teaching and Research (Physical Chemistry/Materials Science)

PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT:

April 2014 – June 2019 Pandit Deendayal Energy (Petroleum) University Professor, Pandit Deendayal Energy (Petroleum) University, Gandhinagar, India. April 2014 - June 2019. Additional positions held: Dean (Faculty of Engineering & Technology. January 2016 - January 2017. Head, Department of Science, School of Technology (SOT). June 2014 - October 2017.

• Proposed and provided leadership to new undergraduate program delivering revenue growth in four years to more than INR 25 Million (US$ 0.35 Million). Provided leadership for revision of curriculum with uniform credits, credit for MOOC, student centered, of all the seven engineering programs of the University.

• Developed and taught courses: Materials Science. Engineering Chemistry. Molecular Spectroscopy & Photochemistry. Thermodynamics. Liquid State and Ionic equilibria. Supervised PhD scholars.

• Served on Academic Council, department Search Committee, Peer evaluation team.

• Provided leadership in conducting Short Term Training Programs and National Workshops by the Department of Science.

April 1988 - March 2014 Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Professor/ Associate Professor/ Assistant Professor/ Lecturer, Indian Institute of Technology

(Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad, India. April 1988 - March 2014. Additional positions held: Associate Dean (Projects & Infrastructure Development), April 2012 - March 2013. Head, Department of Applied Chemistry, July 2003 - June 2008.

• Contributions (cited ‘Exemplary’ by the Governing body of the Institute) made in preparation of three Detailed Project Reports for the expansion and development of the Institute. These reports formed the basis of increase in the Government’s annual grants from INR 300 Million (USD 60 Million) to INR 1 Billion (USD 200 Million). Student strength in five years grew from1300 to nearly 6500.

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• Planned training program for the Personnel of the Ministry of Mines, Afghanistan (a project of the Government of India, Ministry of External Affairs) and raised fund of INR 50 Million (USD 1 Million) for the Institute.

• Introduced and lead new academic programs.

• Organized national Seminars. Facilitated modernization of undergraduate and graduate laboratories. Took lead in setting up Scanning Electron Microscopy Laboratory and the Differential Scanning Calorimeter and allied laboratory from the grants received of INR 10 Million (USD 0.2 Million) and INR 1 Million (USD 0.02 Million). April 1984 - March 1988 Chemist, Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Ltd., India. Supervision in preparation of oil well drilling fluids (DF), maintenance of DF parameters at oil well drilling sites.

RESEARCH AND ANALYTICAL WORK EXPERIENCE:

Eco-friendly high performance drilling fluid formulations. Cellulose from sea weeds, extraction and treatment for microbicidal activity. Silica from wheat straw (agricultural waste) as catalyst. Vitrified ceramics from red clays. Morphology and kinetics of gas hydrates. Micro-structural characterization of clay based hybrid materials, nano-cellulose, polymer composites, wear debris analysis, ore analysis, blob analysis and failure analysis using SEM-EDS. Kinetics of solid state reactions, runaway reaction, shelf life of energetic materials, thermal stability of composites, lability of inorganic complexes using DSC. Condition monitoring from lube oil analysis and RULL program using FTIR.

EDUCATION:

Certificate: Google IT Automation with Python (August 2020) Doctor of Philosophy (Applied Chemistry), Indian School of Mines (ISM), Dhanbad, India. Master of Philosophy (Applied Chemistry), ISM, Dhanbad, India. Master of Science (Chemistry), Patna University, India. PUBLICATIONS:

Published and/or co-authored 25 publications during my carrier. A complete list of my publication is posted on Google Scholar.

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS:

1. Maitrayee U. Trivedi, Chandrakanth P, Nirendra Misra, and Manoj Kumar Pandey, Cucurbit[6]uril glued magnetic clay hybrid as a catalyst for nitrophenol reduction. Catalysis Letters. 149 (2019) DOI: 10.1007/s10562-019-02853-0.

2. Priyank L. Bhutiya, Nirendra Misra, M. Abdul Rasheed and S. Zaheer Hasan, Nested seaweed cellulose fiber deposited with cuprous oxide nanorods for antimicrobial activity. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 117 (2018), DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2018.05.210. Nirendra Misra Resume p. 3

3. Rakshith R Shettigar, Nirendra M Misra, Khushbu Patel; CTAB Grafted PAM gel and its application in drilling fluid, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 160 (2018), pp. 129–135. 4. Khushbu G Patel, Nirendra M Misra, Rajesh H Vekariya, Rakshith R Shettigar, One-pot multicomponent synthesis in aqueous medium of 1,4-dihydropyrano[2,3-c]pyrazole-5-carbonitrile and derivatives using a green and reusable nano-SiO2 catalyst from agricultural waste, Res. Chem Intermed, Aug 2017, DOI 10.1007/s11164-017-3104-3. 5. Manoj Kumar, P. S. Mukherjee, N. M. Misra, Statistical Hypothesis Testing Of the Increase in Wear Debris Size Parameters and the Deterioration of Oil, International Journal of Engineering Inventions, Vol 2, No. 8 (2013), pp 01-08.

6. V.B.Ugale, K. K. Singh, N.M.Mishra, Prashant Kumar, Experimental studies on thin sandwich panels under impact and static loading, Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites, Vol 32 (2013), No. 06, pp 420-434.

7. T. Choudhury and N.M.Misra, Role of Clay as Catalyst in Friedel-Craft Alkylation, Bulletin of Materials Science, 34 (6), (2011) pp. 1273-79.

8. S.Kumar, P.S.Mukherjee, N.M.Mishra, Online Conditioning of Engine Oil, Industrial Lubrication

& Tribology, Vol 57 (2005), No 6, pp. 260-67.

9. H. B. Sahu, D. C. Panigrahi, and N. M. Mishra, Assessment of spontaneous heating susceptibility of coal seams by differential scanning calorimetry, J. Mines, Metals & Fuels, Vol. 52 (2004), 7&8, pp. 117-121.

10. Jagdish, Md. Nabiullah, N.M.Misra and B.M.P.Pingua, Storage characteristics of commercial explosives, Minetech, 18 (3)(1997), pp. 55-58.

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• Authorized to work in the United States.

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